Harry Wilson has had a decent season with Fulham and is Premier League ready
Everton have four big games before the Premier League season concludes, with Europe still a possibility, albeit a scenario that is becoming increasingly difficult.
Regardless of whether continental competition returns to the club next season, the Toffees need a strong summer of recruitment.
The summer’s transfer budget is perhaps still to be determined, but shrewd use of the free-agent market could see available funds saved for priority positions. There are some intriguing options Everton should be considering...
Harry Wilson
A deal that makes plenty of sense. Everton’s right wing has been a problem position this season, with Tyler Dibling given minimal opportunity to impress and both Iliman Ndiaye and Dwight McNeil more comfortable in other areas of the pitch.
Wilson heads into this summer as a free agent after a career-best Premier League campaign at Fulham. The 29-year-old has scored 10 goals and added six assists, both personal highs. A superb set-piece taker and capable of the spectacular, the Welshman would represent a clear upgrade in a position of need.
Complications may arise from competition, with Aston Villa reportedly chasing a deal. The Villans are likely to have the carrot of Champions League football, though Everton can offer the Wrexham-born winger a closer return to home comforts.
Marcos Senesi
Tottenham Hotspur have laid the groundwork for a deal to sign Senesi from Bournemouth, though any transfer is dependent on maintaining Premier League status. Should Spurs, currently 18th, be relegated, an opportunity opens up for rival suitors.
Senesi has been excellent for Bournemouth this season, plugging the sizable gap left by the sales of Dean Huijsen and Illia Zabaryni last summer. Only three Premier League players have made more interceptions than Senesi, while he ranks in the top 3% of centre-backs across Europe’s top leagues for possession won and progressive passes completed.
Michael Keane’s extension suggests centre-back is not a priority this summer, but Senesi would be an astute addition.
Oscar Mingueza
If there’s one position Evertonians want to see addressed this summer, it’s right-back. The club’s continued failure to sign a recognised right-back has bordered on negligence, and Oscar Mingueza appears to be the best option among the free-agent pool.
The 26-year-old is a graduate of the Barcelona academy, but has matured in the colours of Celta Vigo. The four-cap Spain international was, arguably, La Liga’s standout right-back in 2024-25 with four goals and six assists.
Mingueza’s numbers have not been quite as impressive this time around, but he’s a player in his prime and ready for a new challenge. Juventus pursued a deal to sign him in January.
Zeki Celik
The Turkish international has been linked frequently with Everton in recent months, with The Friedkin Group’s ownership of his current club Roma and the Blues’ need for a right-back making it an obvious one for the Rumour Mill.
The 29-year-old would not represent the most inspiring signing, but he boasts 59 international caps and more than 200 appearances across Europe’s top five leagues.
Crucially, he’s a natural right-back, with a goal and two assists in 30 Serie A appearances this season.
Souffian El Karouani
Recruitment from the Eredivisie can be fraught with danger, but Souffian El Karouani’s campaign for FC Utrecht has been eye-catching.
The Morocco international has been an assist machine for the Dutch side, with 16 across all competitions. The left-back leads the Eredivisie for crosses, recording 280 in the league alone. For context, Pedro Porro leads the Premier League with 205 so far this season.
El Karouani’s creativity has not come alongside a neglect of his defensive duties. Only two players have won more tackles in the Eredivisie. Aged 25 and available on a free transfer, he looks like a gamble worth taking for interested clubs. At the very least, he’d represent re-sale value.
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2 Posted 02/05/2026 at 18:39:01
3 Posted 02/05/2026 at 18:53:59
It's their futures he's harming. Why the hell recall Harrison from Preston for him to make just 2 appearances on the bloody wing???
4 Posted 02/05/2026 at 22:42:40
Double you tee eff. For fuck's sake.
Anyway, Wilson, no. He's had a purple patch, that's all. He's hardly Ronaldo. He's being overpromoted because he's a free agent and his reps are making hay. The others sound interesting. Maybe worth a punt.
As for the anti-Moyes comments, we need stability after fighting relegation and moving to a new stadium. Moyes gives us that.
There's only one manager we have realistic chance of getting who I'd take over Moyes, and that's Jose Mourinho. We're not going to play expansive football and stay up unless we build and start regularly qualifying for Europe, Champions League in particular.
5 Posted 02/05/2026 at 23:00:00
As for the kids, Moyes played many a kid last time around, it's not really his fault the younger lads do not fit the bill at the moment.
Dibling has been a joke every game, anyone who wants him in the team must be watching YouTube as he's been useless on the pitch. Armstrong looks quality but anyone here think he can do the work of Gana or Garner over 90 minutes, or score the goals Dewsbury-Hall has hit?
Tim Iroegbunam looks more ready than Armstrong, probably not as talented but more developed.
Braiden Graham isn't big enough, strong enough or good enough yet; he will be bullied with ease by every athlete in the Premier League, and that's what all the Premier League players are, athletes.
If we sneaked Europe, that would be the time to blood the kids, especially Braiden Graham, and Justin Clarke out of the U21s.
6 Posted 02/05/2026 at 23:04:26
I couldn't agree more with you agreeing with me!
The rest of your post is spot on. Especially the Europe thing. It's a great shout.
If we qualify, the way to progress the club and manage that Thursday - Sunday trap is to blood youth -- if or until we get to the latter stages.
7 Posted 02/05/2026 at 23:14:49
Some on here talk as though we can change the manager, then, all of a sudden, McNeil and Co turn into 20-goal-a-season marksmen.
For years, we have been dumped out of cups by lower league opposition, or bog standard Premier League sides as soon as we play a few of these kids.
Moyes has given us our pride back, he will continue to improve us and instill some resilience into the team; goals will come when you buy quality players.
Go through the side, goals are not exactly running throughout that squad, not even with Carlo back at the helm!
These players have scraped survival for years under other managers; this time round, Moyes has taken us close to Europe, but cos he hasn't pampered Dibling along the way, he's a dinosaur.
You couldn't make some of this shit up.
8 Posted 02/05/2026 at 23:17:06
We should be signing men aged 24 to 28, strong lads who are ready to go.
Players like Armstrong, Aznou, Dibling... play them every week and you would be soon in the Championship.
As for Harry Wilson, he is top notch, goals and assists don't lie... just like Dewsbury-Hall guaranteed to notch.
9 Posted 02/05/2026 at 23:28:35
It doesn't matter who the forwards are, that's the way he plays football.
10 Posted 02/05/2026 at 23:40:04
Moyes kills football.
Moyes kills enjoyment.
Moyes kills pests.
Moyes just kills everything.
Gets a free pass from some because we've been shite for years. But he was here for 11 seasons previously and killed expectation, killed winning trophies, killed joy.
Kills shit does Davey. For a living. For 1100 games, over 28 years. Wherever he goes.
Killed Man Utd after inheriting a winning dynasty. Killed me this season with awful, boring football and his smug, self-satisfying narrative.
Kill it, Dave.
11 Posted 02/05/2026 at 23:57:16
No thanks.
12 Posted 02/05/2026 at 00:59:23
Quick news update: Friedkin will have plenty of cash on hand for the summer window -- he has failed in his attempt to buy the San Diego Padres baseball team. They accepted a larger bid from some private equity billionaires.
13 Posted 03/05/2026 at 01:13:42
14 Posted 03/05/2026 at 03:41:40
Put it bluntly, Moyes has managed the 3rd most games in the Premier League and won next to nothing. That arguably makes him the least successful manager in Premier League history.
But Friedkin have shown the same lack of ambition as Moyes so I suspect we are stuck with him.
As for the players mentioned, I'd genuinely take them all, we'll need that strength in depth (when we're playing in Europe next season (ha!)) although Moyes will still only play the same 15 aging players all season.
Anyone who is judging Dibling on a smattering of appearances is a bit naive Imo. It's likely he's a confidence player, and Moyes is great at taking that away from some people.
And I think Keane earned a contract extension, again he's a useful squad player.
15 Posted 03/05/2026 at 06:54:16
The full backs have completely held us back all season from playing more progressive attacking football, it's easy to say this is Moyes, but David Moyes himself was the man who really enhanced modern attacking fullbacks in the era of Coleman and Baines.
I find it weird in 2026 when football is basically about dynamic pace and power, we have two of the most incognitive players that fill fullback berths.
Mykolenko was summed up for me last Saturday at West Ham when it was 1-1, first of all putting that ball out for a goal kick when it was easier to send a decent ball into their box for a potential chance, and then losing out to what was the Hammers winner.
Not good enough.
Anyway, with regards to the players on that free agent list, Harry Wilson is a no-brainer.
Scores goals, can shoot, creative, and for a team that doesn't score anything like enough goals, that's what we should be all over and have club officials on it even now.
16 Posted 03/05/2026 at 06:57:07
18 Posted 03/05/2026 at 10:40:23
The ones who think these young kids would be the best thing since sliced bread, just shows they have no idea how professional football works.
No one wants to be a yo-yo team -- like Burnley, Southampton, Ipswich etc.
20 Posted 03/05/2026 at 11:22:40
Moyes certainly knows more about being defensive and playing mind numbing football, not sure if he keeps all that knowledge in his little finger though.
But it seems the Moyesiah happy clappers are content with regular, mid table mediocrity. It's what Moyes does, brings stability. Unfortunately that's all he brings.
Goals will come when Moyes buys better quality players? Not exactly known as a striker whisperer is he? Moyes is a striker ruiner actually.
After his previous lengthy stint here, during which we won the sum total of sod all, anyone who believes this dinosaur can bring success to Everton probably needs psychiatric help.
With the likes of Stones and White already being linked with us, I can see another amazing Moyes transfer window on the horizon.
I look forward to the next class of ageing pros Moyes brings in, with his vast knowledge of football. They must have Premier League experience of course, along with plenty of defensive nous.
If they can't defend properly, off to the bench with them!
21 Posted 03/05/2026 at 11:24:14
Did you think they would have used some of our transfer funds attempting to buy the Padres?
22 Posted 03/05/2026 at 11:33:48
"
Some of you TW followers, need to realize, Moyes knows more in his little finger about being a football manager, than you lot, if you lived till you were a 100 years old."
Any idea when he will start showing that knowledge?
23 Posted 03/05/2026 at 11:36:52
24 Posted 03/05/2026 at 12:05:46
This left-back's numbers look like just the type of full-back we need; numbers don't tell the whole story though.
25 Posted 03/05/2026 at 12:05:59
"McTominay would be the best midfielder at the club by a country mile"! — That's the biggest laugh I have had in weeks.
He doesn't track back, regularly goes missing, but knocks in a few goals and suddenly he's a star midfielder. There is a reason Man Utd fans want shot of him; it's because he really isn't very good.
The following season, he won the Italian title and was player of the year in Serie A.
Scouts we aren't.
26 Posted 03/05/2026 at 12:11:31
What is your point on McTominay?
27 Posted 03/05/2026 at 12:23:23
Moyes knows more in his little finger about being a football manager than you lot, if you lived till you were 100 years old.
The above brings it to life.
28 Posted 03/05/2026 at 12:32:26
He's a reactive Manager and nearly always waits until we go behind before changing things.
29 Posted 03/05/2026 at 12:52:12
I think your second paragraph says more about you and John, to be honest.
30 Posted 03/05/2026 at 12:55:43
Unless we get players of the same quality as the usual successful clubs, we will not be good enough -- how much evidence do you need?
I'd take Wilson in an instant; I don't know too much about the others.
31 Posted 03/05/2026 at 13:05:46
Not competing at the top with teams in Champions League? Yes, accept that.
Being bored to death with dull-ball by the world's most boring man? Never accept that.
32 Posted 03/05/2026 at 14:07:26
We can then get back to fighting against relegation, where we belong.
33 Posted 03/05/2026 at 14:17:44
Was the statement on McTominay a joint one from 52,000 plus fans?
34 Posted 03/05/2026 at 15:09:07
He would be an instant upgrade who is ready for the Premier League (none of this settling in nonsense like Dibling) but some people won't be happy unless we sign Lamin Yamal, I guess… assuming any of them even want to join us, of course.
London is always the preferred option for players in the Premier League, but we are the best of the rest for sure… Newcastle, ew! 🤢
35 Posted 03/05/2026 at 15:26:48
Of course he knows more about being a football manager than everyone in TW - he's been doing it for decades. Liz Truss knows more about being an MP than most of us, but doesn't make her good or successful at it ffs.
Like I said earlier, you can want to keep Moyes if you like, I personally think there are managers such as Glasner who are available, successful and would progress us to the next level.
Yes it's about having good players, but Moyes is definitely not the man to bring those good players that will take us to thar next level. He will stagnate us and my fear is hell be with us until he dies. Never the bride, never even the bridesmaid but at least he always makes it to the church on time. Yay for mediocrity.
36 Posted 03/05/2026 at 15:35:06
The voice of reason. I agree with everything you said.
37 Posted 03/05/2026 at 15:55:48
He is now ‘starring' in Serie A. Not the Premier League, which is the league he would have to be suited for to be any use to us.
Winning the Scudetto doesn't prove he would be brilliant in the Premier League; not being brilliant whilst playing for Man Utd in the Premier League is something more like proof.
Whilst McTominay won the overall MVP award, the award for the best midfielder actually went to Tijjani Reijnders who apparently ‘has experienced a mixed, somewhat difficult debut season at Manchester City following his 2025 move from AC Milan, leading to uncertainty about his long-term future at the club.
While he started strongly, reports indicate he has found the intensity and physical demands of the Premier League challenging compared to Serie A, leading to a dip in regular game time since February 2026.
So, would McTominay be an automatic success for us based on his Italian adventure? Not if the Italian league just happens to suit him better, so no-one knows for sure.
Equally, neither you nor John can actually know for sure that some supporters don't have something about them which means they could have been very successful in football management. Just because something wasn't done doesn't mean it couldn't have been done.
Your attacks on supporters who don't agree with you are not supported by anything proven, whereas both David Moyes and Scott McTominay actually have track records which people can use as a gauge.
38 Posted 03/05/2026 at 16:37:54
Big, athletic, pace, I thought he was no brainer tbh when most of the midfield got 3 odd goals a season.
39 Posted 03/05/2026 at 17:04:50
Athletic? Pace? Nothing special is what I recall, which is why Serie A is best place for him imo.
40 Posted 03/05/2026 at 18:32:00
Guess I'll have to settle for Stu #14 saying Friedkin has shown a lack of ambition.
41 Posted 03/05/2026 at 18:37:16
42 Posted 03/05/2026 at 19:12:44
Folks here seriously insisted it was money that could have been used to buy players.
43 Posted 03/05/2026 at 19:25:25
44 Posted 03/05/2026 at 19:35:48
But Chelsea didn't declare a dividend from it as Friedkin did. Their ownership is prohibited from doing so.
45 Posted 03/05/2026 at 19:40:10
Did Chelsea use the profit from selling the women's team to buy players for the first team squad?
46 Posted 03/05/2026 at 19:48:01
We will benefit from selling the ladies team this summer. The revenue significantly raises our PSR/SCR ceiling and gives us a bigger budget for players. The sale of Goodison also.
47 Posted 03/05/2026 at 19:59:23
The sale does not qualify (revenue from such assets) towards Squad Cost Ratio calculations.
48 Posted 03/05/2026 at 20:05:58
49 Posted 03/05/2026 at 21:26:29
The reality being not one of us on here would have the remotest idea of managing or coaching a top flight club.
I'm no Moyes lover or hater but my god he knows more about the inner workings of a football club than any of us could begin to imagine.
Let's see where we are this time next season and we will be able to assess the situation.
50 Posted 03/05/2026 at 21:36:38
An average middle-of-the-road dullard. Why wait another season?
51 Posted 03/05/2026 at 21:44:09
What is enough for you doesn't factor.
Be prepared for 14 plus... cos he's ticking TFG's boxes.
52 Posted 03/05/2026 at 21:46:52
53 Posted 03/05/2026 at 21:56:33
Another 12 months of slagging dull-ball David off it is then. The boring sod.
54 Posted 03/05/2026 at 21:57:50
If I had to bet, I think it will merely be a couple of years extension to the current deal.
55 Posted 03/05/2026 at 22:00:35
56 Posted 03/05/2026 at 22:02:23
I've learned my lesson.
57 Posted 03/05/2026 at 22:03:20
Another 12 months?
Never would have put you down as an optimist?
58 Posted 03/05/2026 at 22:06:59
59 Posted 03/05/2026 at 22:11:26
60 Posted 03/05/2026 at 22:19:29
Spend what you like, let the charges mount up, then challenge every single one until the Premier Leaguegives up and deducts someone else to make them look hard.
61 Posted 03/05/2026 at 22:23:34
They are Americans and it's all about the bottom line, Money. As long as we're chugging along, getting stabilised as an upper mid-table Premier League club with a great stadium for other events, the dollars -- sorry, pounds -- roll in.
They will delegate "soccer" business to people who know about it. They don't care. Its a money maker. The bottom line, the deal, as Trump always trumpets.
It's nothing personal; for them, unlike us, it's just business. We are part of their portfolio and, until we start moving up, slowly and carefully through the gears, they will spend every " soccer " weekend in Rome rather than Liverpool.
62 Posted 03/05/2026 at 22:24:55
63 Posted 03/05/2026 at 22:27:09
64 Posted 03/05/2026 at 22:38:23
65 Posted 03/05/2026 at 23:47:51
Well, except for that American-owned club leading the league at this moment. And the American owners who won the league last season.
Our American owners broke the club transfer spending record last summer with £97M. Want to bet they don't go £50-£60M above that this summer?
Heck, even Wrexham won three straight promotions for the first time in history and barely missed the Championship playoffs. Who owns them again?
Yeah, Yank owners just suck.
66 Posted 04/05/2026 at 07:25:35
You really are over-defensive of TFG, not sure how me saying they show a lack of ambition is anything to do with dividends. I hadn't given that a second or even first thought.
I had, however, thought they might try something that showed they were interested in Everton winning, but has Dan Friedkin actually even attended a game yet? He was even in Scotland watching golf but couldn't find time to come to a match.
All evidence suggests that they favour Roma. They have moved on trophy winning managers for not achieving enough. Imagine if Roma had 47 points right now, it wouldn't be accepted.
If, as you say, Friedkin will spend an additional £50-60M this close season -- will that be supporting Moyes's desire to not get relegated or actual investment in winning?
You see, it isn't about dividends, so please never associate my name with baseless crap from your narrow-minded opinions. I don't give a shit how much profit they make from us, it's a business and fair dues to them. But they can stop putting our beautiful club second and start showing us the respect and, yes, ambition we have been deserving for so long.
67 Posted 04/05/2026 at 07:46:44
Everton, to the fans, used to mean more than profits and loss. The owners have always thought differently, I'm guessing going right back to the formation of the Football League.
Obviously Everton, the club, will benefit long term, money-wise. Everything else Evertonians used to hold dear will have gone. We'll be left with a club like the Liverpool. Well run, ultra profitable, ready to sell on for big bucks.
I agree that, to be competitive, we need to maximise the revenue, squeeze every bit of cash we can from the punters, TV companies and sponsors, but its quite hard for us to agree with their long-term vision, when all we want is good football, a trophy now and then, and a good day out.
68 Posted 04/05/2026 at 07:53:37
I also didn't say they aren't interested in winning, winning means more prize money. Wrexham (as you mentioned them) are a very good example of yank money buying their way through the leagues. Not a great example.
It's nothing personal, Mike, it's just business.
69 Posted 04/05/2026 at 09:18:48
Play him.
70 Posted 04/05/2026 at 09:56:37
71 Posted 04/05/2026 at 10:13:41
You might be interested in this
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cn5pz1d5432o
72 Posted 04/05/2026 at 10:17:23
Correct or not?
A rhetorical question as I know it is correct. In contrast, TFG bought 5 players in January - including 4 forwards - for their beloved Roma. They did not invest a single penny in Everton.
You were still contending last year that ithe dividend payment didn’t happen, so good to see some shift back to reality from your one-eyed patriotic fervour about TFG.
I know you are excited about the US ownership of Everton, but I am worried it is turning you into the Comical Alli of ToffeeWeb.
73 Posted 04/05/2026 at 10:32:59
As such, I doubt we’ll get many of our top targets unless we (surprisingly) beat City tonight and have a strong end to the season. Time will tell, my gut says it’s going to be a disappointing run in though.
74 Posted 04/05/2026 at 11:03:58
Best wishes George as always.
75 Posted 04/05/2026 at 11:10:43
Then you have Joel Glazer & Co for the opposite view
76 Posted 04/05/2026 at 11:14:59
These silent friedkin’s, have purchased Everton, for a pittance so hopefully they are going to spend enough money and make the right decisions to make us a genuine competitive football club, once again.
I don’t know how it works (Americans especially seem to love a leveraged debt) but I’ve read they are going to be spending around a billion euros, creating a new stadium for Roma, and if this is true, it shows you how good the deal was that allowed them to purchase Everton.
Maybe they have realised they’re sitting on a goldmine and this is part of why they’re going to be doing the same thing in Rome, so good luck to them if this is the case, but hopefully they have already began to realise that they have purchased one of the biggest sleeping giants in England, and are hopefully going to try and wake us up quite quickly.
77 Posted 04/05/2026 at 12:18:32
I thought your Jill Dando joke was very funny...Jimmy Carr, Ricky Gervaiseque! Probably says a lot about me though...inappropriate humour...you can't beat it!
Fuck the hurty words brigade
78 Posted 04/05/2026 at 12:39:40
79 Posted 04/05/2026 at 13:01:02
I am sure there would be a lot on here who prefer us to lose 9-8 every week than win 1-0 because it would be more entertaining and then depressing when we are relegated.
Thankfully the stats are there for Karouani but those for Celik are about as much use as his hat size.
80 Posted 04/05/2026 at 13:10:59
I'm guessing you learned that within the first week at Cardinal Godfrey, George.The place was full of the most knowledgeable crackpots I've ever come across..... And don't get me started on the teachers
81 Posted 04/05/2026 at 13:14:02
82 Posted 04/05/2026 at 13:29:02
Enjoy the game George, and if our team, can play with just a tenth of the spirit, that you have shown over the last couple of years George, then I’m certain that your 4-0 bet would come in mate.
I’m not that optimistic but hopefully it’s a great occasion for everyone and Everton can move within two points of a European place by the end of tonight🤞
83 Posted 04/05/2026 at 14:37:38
I may be applying a little skewed logic by ignoring the fact that they have superior players all through the team...and I must admit I have started on the Nelson Mandela a little early today, But I don't think Haaland is as effective playing against low block. In fact I don't think any of them are.
I've seen pressure do very strange things to teams and it's all on them tonight.
I've got a sneaky feeling that our better players will relish a pressure-free crack at the big boys and I think with a little encouragement from Mr Brightside (which I think they will get) we will make things very uncomfortable for them.
Some odds makers offering 11/2 for a win and if you shop around you'll get 4/1 for the draw.
84 Posted 04/05/2026 at 14:45:15
85 Posted 04/05/2026 at 14:50:22
I'm only putting a tenner on it.
86 Posted 04/05/2026 at 15:01:40
My very next thought was not with Moyes, and a couple of minutes later City were in front. (Honestly)
The positive part of me hopes that it’s going to be one of those games like the one after we lost to Wigan, in the fa cup quarter final, and then beat City, when the pressure was off, the following week, but the other part of me thinks that City, need goals, so I’m just praying that we don’t concede an early goal tonight.
87 Posted 04/05/2026 at 15:30:35
I'll have to try that one.
88 Posted 05/05/2026 at 21:33:59
Who can forget the shame of being booted out of the cup by the RS second eleven.
Okay, going forward, Moyes is not our choice but who else can we trust right now except maybe Eddie Howe ?
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1 Posted 02/05/2026 at 17:59:50
Youth is the key, we need a much younger squad with a few old heads to help them along. The main sticking point is Moyes... he just loves his tried and trusted old pros... sigh!
So, unless Moyes goes, our beloved club just plods on.